"in a moving or running position," said flag being used generallyby land forces. Some of the American flags bore Latin mottoesand inscriptions, as, for instance, "Non alius regit," on the flagof Pulaski's legion. On one of the two flags of the Second NewHampshire Regiment appeared the words, "We are one," whilethe other New Hampshire flag bore the legend, "The glory, notthe prey." Only the French Dillon Regiment's flag had an in-scription, the well-known "In hoc signo vinces," on it, but thefleur-de-lis appeared frequently, as did also the Greek cross andthe diagonal cross. The cantons of the French flags indicate adecided tendency towards the use of two colors. The historicalvalue of the book lies in the story told about each flag.RUDOLPH L. BIESELEThe University of TexasA Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion and a Historyof His Brigade. By William Dobein James, A. M. Marietta,Ga. (Continental Book Company), 1948. Pp. 182 and anappendix, 39 pages. $6.00.The accompanying literature distributed by the publisherindicates that this is a reprint of the excessively rare 1821 editionand that it was printed by photo-offset. The introduction to thenew edition is by A. A. Salley, historian emeritus and genealogistof South Carolina. The author, William Dobein James, was amember of Marion's South Carolina militia and wrote frompersonal experience, a fact which constituted the book a primarysource and made copies of the original edition in recent yearsdraw the fabulous price of several hundreds of dollars. At thetime of printing the book the author was one of the associatejudges of equity in South Carolina.Francis Marion, whose birth year was given by Judge Jamesas 1732, died on February 27, 1795. Marion came of Huguenotstock that moved into South Carolina in 1690. Among theseHuguenots were found the surnames of Horry, Manigault, Huger,Gaillard, and Gendron, all well-known in the history of SouthCarolina. Of General Francis Marion the author said that hestood "forth the most prominent and illustrious example" inmilitary affairs.

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